GOS.—"I don't know, he most always has a runaway nigger with him."
PED.—"I should like to find out whether that fellow is there yet."
BROTHER-IN-LAW, (turning about.)—"What does thee know about that boy?"
PED.—"Well he is a runaway."
BROTHER-IN-LAW.—"Who did he run away from?"
PED.—"From Col —— in ——."
BROTHER-IN-LAW.—"How did thee find out that fact?"
PED.—"Well, I have been over there peddling."
BROTHER-IN-LAW.—"Where art thou from?"
PED.—"I belong in Conn."